arts – Page 56 – People's World

The war on film

May 7, 2014 By Joseph Zimmermann

As the generation who fought in World War II dwindles in numbers, we are losing crucial first-hand testimony of the heroic struggles to defeat fascism.

Progressive cinema: Whistleblowers at Tribeca

May 7, 2014 By Bill Meyer

Certainly the film of most interest to progressives at the Tribeca Film Festival this year would be 1971, directed and written by Johanna Hamilton.

Unique films get honors at Tribeca Film Fest

May 5, 2014 By Bill Meyer

The 12-day festival co-founded by Robert De Niro screened 89 feature films and 57 shorts to an audience of almost a half a million viewers.

Workers Unite Film Festival opens May 9 in NYC

May 1, 2014 By Chris Butters

New York City is the home of many film festivals. Most don't highlight the lives of working people, although some have working people as characters.

“The Galapagos Affair, Satan Came to Eden” film review

April 30, 2014 By Ed Rampell

The atavistic impulse to "get away from it all" and "return to nature" has been a literary theme since Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson cast away on desert islands.